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            <h1>Installing on Windows</h1>
            <p>The Embedthis GoAhead install package for Windows is an installation executable compressed in a ZIP file
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goahead-VERSION-BUILD-MS-WIN-i686.exe.zip
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            <p>The distribution image contains the binary distribution, documentation and development headers, and
            libraries in the one package. During installation you will have the option of installing the full package
            or portions of the distribution.</p><a id="exe"></a>
            <h2 class="section">Installing the EXE Image</h2>
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                <li>Login with administrator privileges.</li>
                <li>Run winzip and extract the contents of the zipped EXE install image to a folder of your
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                <li>Browse to the location holding the EXE install image and run it.</li>
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            <h2 class="section">Removing GoAhead</h2>
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                <li>Login with administrator privileges.</li>
                <li>Run the <b>Add / Remove Programs</b> applet from the <b>control panel</b>.</li>
                <li>Select <b>Embedthis GoAhead</b> and choose remove.</li>
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            <h2 class="section">Silent Installation</h2>
            <p>If you need to do batch or unattended installations, you can install GoAhead silently. Use the
            <b>/silent</b> switch to suppress questions and <b>/verysilent</b> to suppress all visual
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            <h2 class="section">Running GoAhead</h2>
            <p>To start GoAhead type:</p>
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sudo goahead --home /etc/goahead
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            <p>GoAhead is configured by default to listen on port 80. To test that it is serving pages, point your
            browser at http://localhost/.
            <p>To get all the options for GoAhead read the man page via:</p>
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man goahead
</pre>or get the command help via:
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goahead --help
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